CHAPTER XXL 



SECOND SHOW AT PERTH, 1836. 



In 1836 the Society visited Perth for the second time, 

 where the show was held, within the Depot, on Friday, 7th 

 October. Agreeably to the report submitted by the Com- 

 mittee in January 1835, prizes for breeding stock were 

 offered for the Shorthorn, West Highland, and Ayrshire 

 breeds, while the Galloway, Polled Angus, and Polled 

 Aberdeenshire, were classed under one section, and prizes 

 for breeding animals were offered, same as in the classes 

 just mentioned. Though the report of the Committee 

 suggested a doubt whether a prize ought to be offered for 

 the Fife breed, the Society, yielding to applications made 

 to them on the subject, decided to offer prizes for bull, 

 cow, and oxen of the Fife breed. For sheep, premiums 

 were offered to the three leading breeds, in terms of the 

 report. The place of honour in the schedule of prizes was 

 assigned to Shorthorns. For the first time the Society 

 introduced the system of giving medals to the breeders of 

 the best bulls. Medals were offered to breeders of the best 

 bulls of all the pure breeds. 



For the prizes for Shorthorn bulls, there were twenty- 

 two entries. Amongst the exhibitors were — Lord Kinnaird, 

 whose bull was bred by Mr Rose, Cotham, Nottingham- 

 shire ; Patrick Anderson, Mains of Ardestie, Forfar, whose 

 bull was bred by John Hunt, Thornington ; George Reid, 

 Ballincrieff, East Lothian ; Samuel Richmond, Chapel- 

 park, Perthshire ; the Earl of Hopetoun ; and John 

 Moubray of Cambus. Most of the exhibitors were from the 

 County of Perth, although a few were from Linlithgow and 

 Forfarshire. The first prize was awarded to George Reid, 

 Ballincrieff, for a bull bred by James Chrisp, Doddington, 

 Wooler. The second prize went to Samuel Richmond, 



